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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Driver v. Fortner 5 Port. 9 1837 0 Alabama
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Milly v. Harrison 47 Tenn. 191 1869 0 Tennessee
Wheat v. Croom 7 Ala. 349 1845 0 Alabama
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Delaware
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Delaware
Elligood v. Smith 1 Del. Cas. 35 1794 0 Delaware
Buchanan v. Nixon 26 Ark. 47 1870 0 Arkansas
Miller v. Physick 24 Ark. 244 1866 0 Arkansas
McNeill v. Arnold 22 Ark. 477 1861 0 Arkansas
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Chandler v. Chandler 21 Ark. 95 1860 0 Arkansas
Henning v. Varner 34 Md. 102 1871 0 Maryland
Falconer v. Jones 14 N.C. 334 1832 0 North Carolina
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 North Carolina
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee